Fin-O-lution Round 1 ( Part A)

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Across
  1. 3. Third holder secures deal with asset in limbo
  2. 5. Price surge eroding buying strength steadily
  3. 7. Early backer trading cash for a slice of the pie
  4. 11. Venture capital’s prized startup, valued at London's GDP
  5. 13. Market move made with privileged intel
  6. 14. Central Bank’s toolkit tweaking cash flow for prosperity
  7. 15. Bank’s buffer kicks in as the balance hits nil
Down
  1. 1. Pledged asset secures lending agreement
  2. 2. Accounting move negating value; it’s not right on
  3. 4. Bookkeeping & accounting principles, FASB’s evolving edict
  4. 6. Graph tracking bond interest from short to long-haul
  5. 8. Earnings for tasks or training, not a wage but akin
  6. 9. Opposite to assets, something owed
  7. 10. Ratio of ready assets to debts, a firm’s liquidity measure
  8. 12. Endless Betterment ethos, Japan’s workforce way